Well, I hate to make generalizations, because they're never right in all cases. But I've played a few G&Ls and a hell of a lot of Fenders, and the G&Ls smoked the Fenders in terms of feel, sound, and look every time. I'd pick G&L over Fender any day.
"You must stab him in the heart with the Bone Saber of Zumacalis... well, you could stab him in the head or the lungs, too... and the saber, it probably doesn't have to be bone, just anything sharp lying around the house... you could poke him with a pillow and kill him."
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Universal Re-Monster